1921 DePauw Tigers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1921

| team = DePauw Tigers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 4–3

| head_coach = Fred M. Walker

| hc_year = 1st

| captain =

| stadium = McKeen Field

}}

The 1921 DePauw Tigers football team was an American football team that represented DePauw University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. Under first-year head coach Fred "Mysterious" Walker, the team compiled a 4–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 167 to 107. Its losses included games against Knute Rockne's Notre Dame and Robert Zuppke's Illinois teams.{{Cite web|date=2015-09-06|title=DePauw Game by Game Results|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/d/depauw/1920-1924_yearly_results.php|access-date=2020-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906015128/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/d/depauw/1920-1924_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2015-09-06}}

The team played its home games at McKeen Field in Greencastle, Indiana. Enrollment at DePauw in 1921 was approximately 1,200 students.{{cite news|title=Enrollment at DePauw Univers. Is Nearly 1,200|newspaper=The Brazil Daily Times|date=September 17, 1921|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55619954/enrollment-at-depauw-univers-is-nearly/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Notre Dame

| site_stadium = Cartier Field

| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN

| score = 10–57

| attend = 8,000

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Notre Dame Smothers DePauw by 56 to 10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55609754/the-indianapolis-star/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |date=October 2, 1921 |page=25 |access-date=July 18, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1921|team=Transylvania Pioneers|title=Transylvania}}

| site_stadium = McKeen Field

| site_cityst = Greencastle, IN

| score = 28–0

| source = {{cite news|title=DePauw Wallops Transylvania By Score of 28 to 0|newspaper=The Indianapolis Sunday Star|date=October 9, 1921|page=III-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55618079/depauw-wallops-transylvania-by-score-of/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1921|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Greencastle, IN

| score = 41–0

| source = {{cite news|title=DePauw Drubs Valp, 41 to 0|newspaper=The Indianapolis Sunday Star|date=October 16, 1921|page=26|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55618341/depauw-drubs-valp-41-to-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Saint Louis

| site_stadium = Sportsman's Park

| site_cityst = St. Louis, MO

| score = 21–7

| attend = 5,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Ray Drace Hurt in Billikens' Battle With DePauw Men|newspaper=The St. Louis Star|date=October 22, 1921|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55618886/ray-drace-hurt-in-billikens-battle/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1921|team=Georgetown Tigers|title=Georgetown (KY)}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Greencastle, IN

| score = 67–0

| source = {{cite news|title=Tigers Trample on Georgetown|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=October 30, 1921|pages=25, 35|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55619186/tigers-trample-on-georgetown/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Urbana, IL

| score = 0–21

| attend = 5,814

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Zuppke's Subs Blank Depauw in Slow Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55609887/herald-and-review/ |newspaper=Herald & Review |location=Decatur, Illinois |date=November 6, 1921 |page=4 |access-date=July 18, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Wabash

| site_stadium = Washington Park

| site_cityst = Indianapolis, IN

| score = 0–22

| source = {{cite news|title=Wabash Defeats DePauw, 22-0|newspaper=The Indianapolis Sunday Star|author=W. Blaine Patton|date=November 20, 1921|pages=25, 26|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55619486/wabash-defeats-depauw-22-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=1921 Football Schedule |url=https://depauwtigers.com/sports/football/schedule/1921 |publisher=DePauw University |access-date=July 21, 2024 }}

References

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